The Biden administration is proposing a $267 million increase in funding for HIV testing, prevention, and treatment programs in the US, according to the administration’s discretionary funding request…
Biden seeks to ramp up funds to beat HIV/AIDS in budget request
President Biden, unveiling on Friday his initial budget request to Congress in the first year of his administration, called for ramping up funds to beat the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States, signaling he’d continue the PrEP-centric initiative that began in the previous administration…
Will the President’s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS ever be useful again?
On March 8 and 9, the President’s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) had its first (obviously, virtual) meeting of the Biden-Harris era. The body was first founded in 1995 by the Clinton Administration to offer advice to the president on HIV issues, although its similar predecessor from 1987 to 1993 was called the National Commission on AIDS.
CMS nixes proposed Part D protected drug class changes made by Trump admin
The Biden administration has walked back a last-minute bid by its predecessor to give Part D plans the ability to restrict access to certain classes of drugs such as antidepressants. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced a change on late Tuesday to the Part D Payment Modernization Model
Biden CMS scraps Trump CMS plan to weaken Part D patient protections
CMS is scrapping the Trump administration’s 11th-hour plan to test waivers that would let Part D plans ignore key Medicare patient safeguards: the six protected…